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president obama reiterated u.s. support for japan today. >> like all americans i continue to be heartbroken by the images of devastation in japan. i know all of you young and old have been watching the full magnitude of this tragedy unfold i want to reiterate america's support for the people of japan who are some of our closest friends and allies. i've said directly to the prime minister of japan that the united states will continue to offer any assistance we can as japan recovers from multiple did sasers and we will stand with the people of japan in the difficult days ahead. >> rose: joining me by phone from japan, from sendai, cnn's anna coren, she has been covering the devastation from the epicenter, sendai city. i am pleased to have her on this broadcast this evening. thank you. >> rose: you're very welcome, charlie. >> rose: tell me what we should know about the situation on the ground? >> well, we've been a little north of sendai in the last couple days and that's where we've seen mass devastation on an enormo
president obama reiterated u.s. support for japan today. >> like all americans i continue to be heartbroken by the images of devastation in japan. i know all of you young and old have been watching the full magnitude of this tragedy unfold i want to reiterate america's support for the people of japan who are some of our closest friends and allies. i've said directly to the prime minister of japan that the united states will continue to offer any assistance we can as japan recovers from...
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and i think our defense department knows how to do this but i think, you have to take out u.s. troops first before we can do anything. regional stability is extremely important and you have to bring in the region and talk about how you move forward. but that means our troops have to get out. and the cost, in addition the human costs, you look at the dollars, the trailians trailia- trillions of dollars and as longs war going on that isn't going to happen. >> charlie: you want legislation to cut off funding -- >> cut off funding for future operations in a began stan. i want funding there to protect the troops. anything they need, they performed well. they should be reported so whatever it takes to protect and support the troops we need to fund as well as the contractors. but we need to send this funding in and we need to do that and use the funding whatever we appropriate to begin withdrawing and we need to do that quickly. not in 2011 but we need to begin a massive drop down. >> charlie: what do you think of general gates. >> he's been very bold and he's made some statements and
and i think our defense department knows how to do this but i think, you have to take out u.s. troops first before we can do anything. regional stability is extremely important and you have to bring in the region and talk about how you move forward. but that means our troops have to get out. and the cost, in addition the human costs, you look at the dollars, the trailians trailia- trillions of dollars and as longs war going on that isn't going to happen. >> charlie: you want legislation...
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how much, the u.s. does have a real edge. one is, there is a certain optimism that knowledge will generate innovation and improvement. and that optimism is really, really important. and secondly, there is enough capital and a wish to take risks -- >> capital in terms of financial capital? >> financial capital now i'm talking about. not just intellectual capital. you need intellectual capital but you then need the financial capital to actually drive that. and you have to have people who are prepared to take a risk because you can't say if it worked and who have awe long-term view. there's a bit of a problem with the stock market. if you just look for short-term profit, i mean, that's a bit of an issue because if you do that, then there will be, i think, a natural focus. gosh, you're making me talk about economics now. i'm a yeast biologist. >> rose: i never heard you say that, "i'm a yeast biologist.". >> i work on yeast. i mean, if you were trying to make money how would you most reliably make money? you could make money by m
how much, the u.s. does have a real edge. one is, there is a certain optimism that knowledge will generate innovation and improvement. and that optimism is really, really important. and secondly, there is enough capital and a wish to take risks -- >> capital in terms of financial capital? >> financial capital now i'm talking about. not just intellectual capital. you need intellectual capital but you then need the financial capital to actually drive that. and you have to have people...
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right there we're going to need investment amounting to 120 billion u.s. just to ramp up production capacity so we can start thinking about becoming modern. >> charlie: great to have you here. >> thanks charlie. >> charlie: thank you. a pleasure. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: additional funding provided by these funders:
right there we're going to need investment amounting to 120 billion u.s. just to ramp up production capacity so we can start thinking about becoming modern. >> charlie: great to have you here. >> thanks charlie. >> charlie: thank you. a pleasure. captioning sponsored by rose communications captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org funding for charlie rose was provided by the following: additional funding provided by these funders:
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with the u.s. saying whether it was going to have this hijacked or not, whether it's hijacked or not, one thing that is, i think, irreversible is that there is going to be a free press in all these countries. that is irreversible. and that... whatever the government says, that free press is going to demand a better implementation of agreement between israel and the arab countries. i understand that israel is buying egyptian guards cheaper than the egyptian consumer and 40% cheaper than the jordanians. i don't think the egyptians would like to... >> rose: well, there have also been stories that people in gaza were paying a lot more for things that came from israel than the people of israel were paying for them. >> well, that's inside israel, inside the occupation. but the egyptians are going to say how come we sell our goods to a neighbor-- no matter how friendly they are-- than to another neighbor, jordan, or to ourselves. that's very difficult to justify. >> would you speculate that it's more like
with the u.s. saying whether it was going to have this hijacked or not, whether it's hijacked or not, one thing that is, i think, irreversible is that there is going to be a free press in all these countries. that is irreversible. and that... whatever the government says, that free press is going to demand a better implementation of agreement between israel and the arab countries. i understand that israel is buying egyptian guards cheaper than the egyptian consumer and 40% cheaper than the...
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a us think it has a lot of implications for u.s. policy on syria because until now, the obama administration has spent tremendous time trying to get israel and syria into talks, and this speech today, by relying so much on the israeli conspiracy, he, obviously, feels he has quite a bit of legitimacy with his people in that regard. so how in the world are we going to get a man who just gave that speech into peace talks with israel any time soon with the united states, who he included this that conspiracy, is a good guess. it's a good question. >> simon: do you have the impression that the israelis would rather see him succeed? i mean, the border with syria has been quiet now since 1973. >> it's-- that's true. it has been the quietest border, and i think they are-- there's an argument that better the devil you know. but their objective, like that of the united states, is to break the resistance axis-- iran syria, and hezbollah. so far we've talked about pursuing a peace treaty between israel and syria to achieve that. and that would b
a us think it has a lot of implications for u.s. policy on syria because until now, the obama administration has spent tremendous time trying to get israel and syria into talks, and this speech today, by relying so much on the israeli conspiracy, he, obviously, feels he has quite a bit of legitimacy with his people in that regard. so how in the world are we going to get a man who just gave that speech into peace talks with israel any time soon with the united states, who he included this that...
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so this period has given the u.s. and other key powers a chance to make contact, clandestinely, get to know people, sometimes overtly as in hillary clinton's meeting with gentleman ja brill, head of the interim committee during her last trip. so getting to know them and then the idea is, create structures that allow them gradually to build something like a normal government, which libya has not had arguably ever, and so, again, that is going to take time and they want time. >> david, i had one, your intelligence sources are far better than mine but i had one tell me there is no question this guy still has mustard gas despite what he says. >> he has scary weapons and scary people and this is a regime that knows how to use terrorism, you can't forget, they were specifically blamed for the lockerbie bombing and they have used terrorists in many ways and they have people and resources and that is in the backs of the minds of all of the people in the white house, and the cia. >> the president has drawn one very bright line
so this period has given the u.s. and other key powers a chance to make contact, clandestinely, get to know people, sometimes overtly as in hillary clinton's meeting with gentleman ja brill, head of the interim committee during her last trip. so getting to know them and then the idea is, create structures that allow them gradually to build something like a normal government, which libya has not had arguably ever, and so, again, that is going to take time and they want time. >> david, i...
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>> official position of u.s. administration as well as their efforts in the organization have remained the same that georgia -- >> what do you think georgia will get. >> nato membership. >> the problem with nato membership is consensus within the organization. georgia is like the best pupil in the class. we are always getting x on grades on reform-- ex excellent grades including military reform and democratization and other things that are essential for full-fledged membership but then we never happen to pass to the next grade. and that is not because of the suchlt-- that is because of absence of consensus in europe and there is no secret that it is also based on goo political in the region. >> you know i can read you quotes out of your mouth which said, you had some reservations about the obama administration after the relationship you had with president bush. >> i wouldn't say so. because the initial, you know, the idea of reset, the issues that were, obviousl obviously-- some kind of-- the idea that democracy
>> official position of u.s. administration as well as their efforts in the organization have remained the same that georgia -- >> what do you think georgia will get. >> nato membership. >> the problem with nato membership is consensus within the organization. georgia is like the best pupil in the class. we are always getting x on grades on reform-- ex excellent grades including military reform and democratization and other things that are essential for full-fledged...
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he didn't make the mistake that the u.s. made in iraq. he didn't dismantle the military completely. >> rose: he dismantled the leadership. >> and brought in a new cadre of officers. and then he did something else. gradually he built a parallel military called the islamic revolutionary guard corps, the i.r.g.c. and with every passing year he strengthened them to the dret remit of the military. so we now have two military, one that is significant. >> so tell me your picture of iran today. i mean khamenei is the supreme leader. >> khamenei is the supreme leader. i think his space of power is essentially the i.r.g.c., the revolutionary guards. >> rose: and they're more loyal to him than they are to ahmadinejad or anyone else? >> they are more loyal to themselves, i think, right now because... >> rose: they're the power center. >> they're the power center. they've become an economic juggernaut. >> rose: they own things. >> they own about half the country. literally about half of the economy. >> rose: so therefore, it is argued, that sanctions
he didn't make the mistake that the u.s. made in iraq. he didn't dismantle the military completely. >> rose: he dismantled the leadership. >> and brought in a new cadre of officers. and then he did something else. gradually he built a parallel military called the islamic revolutionary guard corps, the i.r.g.c. and with every passing year he strengthened them to the dret remit of the military. so we now have two military, one that is significant. >> so tell me your picture of...
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debt because we were a consuming society. >> within the u.s. you have people who borrowed, okay. the person who did the wrong thing, namely take a mortgage when they should not have borrowed that much much money, okay. it's being bailed out when the person who saved money is now on the threatf high inflation to bail the other person out with a little bit of inflation. to me, there is a moral problem. there are two moral problems. no one, the innocent is paying for the mistake. the innocent the person who did the right thing is paying for mistakes of those who did the wrong thing and the second one we by borrowing, by running this now trillion plus deficit, we are transferring the risk to futuregen race. it may work out but they should not be the ones to bear, that's the romans held is that a child shall not be responsible for the sins of his father. >> charlie: so do you accept the principles of the deficit reduction a way to begin to deal with the deficit proposed by them? >> i have not followed. i don't follow. they did the that for me except for the uk because of my closeness
debt because we were a consuming society. >> within the u.s. you have people who borrowed, okay. the person who did the wrong thing, namely take a mortgage when they should not have borrowed that much much money, okay. it's being bailed out when the person who saved money is now on the threatf high inflation to bail the other person out with a little bit of inflation. to me, there is a moral problem. there are two moral problems. no one, the innocent is paying for the mistake. the...
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they didn't particularly want the u.s. to come as the sheriff, to save them. they wanted to do it on their open and they they thought they might be able to with a little bit of help, possibly a no-fly zone. but in the last few days, it's become clear without some sort of military strikes that they really are doomed and, of course that euphoria, that bravery, that bravado has turned to real alarm and fear, naturally. so there's a real mixed bag. but privately, for some time now even the leaders of this resolution have said they need real help but it's difficult for them to say so publicly. they've been humiliated by qaddafi for a long time, and they don't want-- they're a proud people and don't want to appear to be a basket case of the international community. that's my sense. >> rose: who are they? >> you know, it's civic society. it's the residents of a once-proud mediterranean city way long, long, long history. i mean, there are petroleum engineers who went to school in oregon and ohio and england in the 70s. un, who have children now in their 20s who have n
they didn't particularly want the u.s. to come as the sheriff, to save them. they wanted to do it on their open and they they thought they might be able to with a little bit of help, possibly a no-fly zone. but in the last few days, it's become clear without some sort of military strikes that they really are doomed and, of course that euphoria, that bravery, that bravado has turned to real alarm and fear, naturally. so there's a real mixed bag. but privately, for some time now even the leaders...
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we put additional surge forces there from the u.s. and i recollect in iraq when we put 30,000 surge forces, we had an additional 125,000 iraq security forces that were put on the street during that same year of 2007. it was somewhat under reported and even more under appreciated. so the key thing here is this 79,000 additional forces this year and with the president's decision to add the 30,000, it's pretty decisive. and understand, they're not just clearing. when i said that in health -- we physically occupied the ground we cleared and we're not moving, we're not going any place. the taliban have to come back and fight us for the it. another data point on governance and this surprised me. as we secured and stabilized some of those areas in those two provinces, better district governors have come over to take over from what we've had in the past. when you look at it, it's understandable because once you have some security and stability, better people come forward because they want to get something done. they don't want to line their p
we put additional surge forces there from the u.s. and i recollect in iraq when we put 30,000 surge forces, we had an additional 125,000 iraq security forces that were put on the street during that same year of 2007. it was somewhat under reported and even more under appreciated. so the key thing here is this 79,000 additional forces this year and with the president's decision to add the 30,000, it's pretty decisive. and understand, they're not just clearing. when i said that in health -- we...
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but i do not think it follows that the u.s. navy should have to be the second-largest air force in the world. unless you think the navy is going to fight the air force. >> rose: no, come on. the planes that are attacking in libya are coming offover an aircraft carrier. >> right and you know what? the planes attacking libya... i was disappointed in that. i thought we were going to send out missile. france is 100 miles from libya. >> rose: why did you think we were going to send out missile? what made you they? >> that was the initial... >> rose: they never said that. the resolution simply said, you know, use whatever military needs... >> the u.n. resolution. i was talking about what the american share would be. i guess i was too optimistic. here's the deal. why is this america's major responsibility? why isn't it italy's and france's and germanys? we are in afghanistan virtually alone. >> rose: you know why? first of all they would say... this is what they would say in answer to your question. they would say two things. number o
but i do not think it follows that the u.s. navy should have to be the second-largest air force in the world. unless you think the navy is going to fight the air force. >> rose: no, come on. the planes that are attacking in libya are coming offover an aircraft carrier. >> right and you know what? the planes attacking libya... i was disappointed in that. i thought we were going to send out missile. france is 100 miles from libya. >> rose: why did you think we were going to send...
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the u.s. state department. i'm glad to have them back on this show but never together. what brought you two together on this report. >> i think that the century foundation had an idea that somehow the two of us might be able to work with them and an international group. we had nine internationals and seven americans, and produce something that really could be useful as they looked ahead. it was a little early, as you know, because negotiations have only begun to catch on. so we caught it at the right time, i think, to be helpful. and it was certainly when i was asked and they said lakhdar is there, i said you count me in. >> charlie: why would you say that. >> nobody's had more experience on the ground and with people in the region on afghanistan in particular than lakhdar brahimi. and for any of us, it's always a privilege and an honor to be associated with him. he has ideas, he has judgment, he has sophistication. it's all there, charlie. you'll want to talk to him. >> charlie: we'll see. >>
the u.s. state department. i'm glad to have them back on this show but never together. what brought you two together on this report. >> i think that the century foundation had an idea that somehow the two of us might be able to work with them and an international group. we had nine internationals and seven americans, and produce something that really could be useful as they looked ahead. it was a little early, as you know, because negotiations have only begun to catch on. so we caught it...
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he said that it's because of u.s. policy with drones in pakistan and yemen that he did what he did. he didn't say that this was an islamic thing, justification, he gave a political justification. same thing with anwar al-awlaki who's an american born cleric in yemen who's a terrorist recruiter. he again is a person using a political justification. it's important to point out and people should know that when they try to use and exploit and abuse islam, but their motivations are fundamentally political in nature. the other thing to know about them is that people, even right now across the majority of... across the middle east, much of which is majority muslim countries, people are rejecting what they have to say. the changes in egypt are a stunning rebuke of al qaedaism, and this is something important people need to know. when you look at people marching in the streets in egypt, bahrain yemen, you don't see people calling for a caliphate or more religion or something like that, you see people calling for things that we as americans take for granted everyday, which is a fair trial, a
he said that it's because of u.s. policy with drones in pakistan and yemen that he did what he did. he didn't say that this was an islamic thing, justification, he gave a political justification. same thing with anwar al-awlaki who's an american born cleric in yemen who's a terrorist recruiter. he again is a person using a political justification. it's important to point out and people should know that when they try to use and exploit and abuse islam, but their motivations are fundamentally...